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Carey, George (1547 - 1603)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1547
Death Date: 1603-09-08

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Spencer, Elizabeth (1552 - 1617/18)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1574-12-29
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage license date

Siblings

Offspring

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Hunsdon
    Assumed: 1596-07-23
    Vacated: 1603-09-08

General Lands Note

Received special livery of lands 3 May 1600

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Bailiff & Collector, Bedfordshire 1568 -3 -29 Held jointly with father
Bailiff & Collector, Buckinghamshire 1568 -3 -29 Held jointly with father
Chief Steward, Bailiff & Keeper, Bedfordshire 1568 -3 -29 Held jointly with father
Keeper, Bedfordshire 1568 -3 -29 Held jointly with father
Steward, Bedfordshire 1568 -3 -29 Held jointly with father
Steward, Buckinghamshire 1568 -3 -29 Held jointly with father
MP, Hertfordshire 1571
MP, Kent 1572
Knight Marshal of the Household, England 1577 -10 -8
JP, Hertfordshire 1580
Capt, Isle of Wight 1582 -4 -27 1603 -09 -8 For life
Constable, Northumberland 1583
JP, Kent 1584
JP, Middlesex 1584
JP, Hampshire 1584
MP, Hampshire 1584
Vice Admiral, Southampton 1585/6 -2 -2
MP, Hampshire 1586
MP, Hampshire 1589
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Hampshire 1593
MP, Hampshire 1593
Chamberlain of the Household, England 1597 -4 -17 1603 -05 -4
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1597 -10 -29 1603 -09 -8 held office until death Held jointly
Privy Councillor, England 1597 -4 -17 1603 -05 -4

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
  • Blackfriars, London (city-county)
  • Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Hampshire
  • Middlesex
    Acquired: 1594
  • Suffolk

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Middle Temple, London, London (city-county) Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chamberlain's Servant

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Chamberlain's Servant Carey, George (1547 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Carey, George (1547 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Carey, George (1547 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Carey, George (1547 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Carey, George (1547 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Carey, George (1547 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Carey, George (1547 - 1603) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.